1st Shift Production Supervisor

The Manufacturing Production Supervisor provides day-to-day leadership, direction, and coordination of manufacturing operations, including production control, quality, materials, maintenance, and process engineering in their assigned area. The role ensures safety, quality, delivery, and cost targets are met while driving continuous improvement, Lean manufacturing initiatives, and employee development. The Supervisor also ensures weekly standard work and visual management processes are in place to sustain production flow, employee engagement, and accountability.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

Leadership & Team Development

• Lead, coach, and motivate hourly production employees, driving accountability for safety, quality, and performance.
• Ensure new team members are trained, introduced, and integrated into the team.
• Support cross-training, coaching, and skill development to build a flexible workforce.
• Participate in the hiring process to help select the right candidates to join the team.
• Administer discipline for attendance and other actions,as necessary.
• Conduct performance reviews for new hires and existing team members.
• Conduct line meetings or team huddles several times throughout the day to keep the team informed, aligned, and motivated.
• Celebrate wins with the team, recognize team and/or individual performance, and promote engagement to sustain a positive culture.
• Enforce companyCode of Ethics, policies, and procedures.
• Communicatewith plant management to plan production and maintainacceptable inventory levels throughout the plant.
  
  
  

Safety & Compliance

• Ensure a safe, clean, and organized workplace by enforcing company safety programs and 5S standards.
• Never walk past an unsafe act; model 'Safety First' culture in all decisions.
  
  
  

Production & Operations Management

• Stay on the production floor overseeing production flow; adjust as needed, including moving team members to prevent bottlenecks.
• Oversee daily production operations to meet established schedules and output targets.
• Ensurea quality product is produced and act swiftly to identify, contain, and correct inadequate qualityissues.
• Deliver production units and service work orders on time to internal and external customers.
• Monitor product quality for compliance with standards; implement corrective and preventative actions when needed.
• Coordinate Engineering Change Notices (ECNs) and Sales Change Orders (SCOs).
• Support optimuminventory levels and material flow.
• Track department resultsand act on difficult or other issues.
  
  
  

Continuous Improvement & Lean Execution

• Support continuous improvement as a change advocate, implementing Lean practices, standard work, and cost reduction initiatives.
• Participate in Kaizen events, Gemba walks, and 5S audits to sustain improvements.
• Drive problem-solving processes using root cause analysis.
• Identifyand implement 'Best Manufacturing Practices'in collaboration with Quality and Engineering.
  
  
  

Planning & Reporting

• Ensure weekly standard work checklists are completed and reviewed with leadership to support the value stream.
• Present status updates and proposals to plant leadership.
  
  
  

Characteristics and skills:

• Solid understanding of lean material flow and the production processes.
• Strong problem solving and critical thinking skills.
• Strong written andoral and communicationsskills.
• Ability to work in high stress ,fast-paced situations.
• Strong computer skills.
  
  
  

Educational and other requirements:

• Associates ,Technical Degree,or Previous Functional Experience (Preferred)
• Functional Experience 2 - 5 Years
• Describe Experience Required: Large scale manufacturing!
• Management Experience 2 - 5 Years
  
  
  

CODE OF ETHICS:

LEER GROUP requiresthe highest standard of ethics in all business dealings, with customers, suppliers, advisors, employees, and authorities. TheTeam Member shall actively ensure that his/her own activities and those of all employees within the facility meet this obligation. LEER GROUP’s critical standards and procedures related to expected conduct are detailed on the companywebsite. The Team Member is expected to be familiar with these policies and ensure that they are implemented in all areas of control.

SAFETY:

Safety is paramount at any LEER GROUP operation. The Team Member is expected to be familiar with the company’s safety program and enforce the safety policy always. Never walk past an unsafe act.

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